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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a brief argument what does Mulleady do?
(a) He goes to buy a new shirt.
(b) He refolds his shirts.
(c) He goes without his shirt.
(d) He gets a shirt from Meg.

2. Why had Teresa left a convent?
(a) She fell in love with one of the nuns.
(b) She did not find herself attractive in a habit.
(c) She had fallen in love with a student priest.
(d) She had decided against becoming a nun.

3. How does Pat try to reassure her?
(a) Saying he knows Monsewer will sell it soon.
(b) Saying she is a good housekeeper.
(c) Saying it will be their home again soon.
(d) Saying she is nothing like the merciless prostitutes and thieves he really meant.

4. What does Pat say about the tenants' money?
(a) It is only good when rent is paid in full.
(b) It does not cover the expenses of the boarding house.
(c) It is good no matter who or what they are.
(d) It is no good.

5. What do Pat and Meg talk briefly about when Monsewer leaves?
(a) The prostitutes in the house.
(b) How well he runs the house.
(c) One of the tenants Monsewer brought into the house.
(d) The boarding house's expenses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pat promise Teresa if she can keep her mouth shut?

2. With what does Princess Grace come in?

3. When she is gone, what does Monsewer tell Pat?

4. This story explores themes relating to what?

5. About what else do Meg and Pat argue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about the Soldier?

2. When Meg returns, about what do she and Pat argue?

3. What does Pat tell Teresa to do? How will he reward her? How does she respond?

4. What does Pat tell the Soldier about his situation?

5. What do Meg and Pat say about Monsewer's past?

6. How does Meg respond to Pat's comment about the house being little more than a brothel? How does he reassure her?

7. What does Mulleady think about the Polish sailor? What is Pat's response?

8. What story does Teresa tell?

9. What does Monsewer want to do with the Soldier? To what does this lead?

10. How does the conversation between Teresa and the Soldier end?

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